Maclaurin series: RI 2024 Promo Q6
Raffles Institution2024 PromoPromo Q6●●○ Standard8 marks
What this question tests
Maclaurin series.
Question
It is given that .
Show that Hence find the series expansion of in ascending powers of , up to and including the term in , simplifying your answer. [5]
Using standard series from the List of Formulae, verify that the series expansion obtained in part (a) is correct. [3]
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(a)[5] Differentiating w.r.t. , Differentiating w.r.t. , Dividing throughout by , Differentiating w.r.t. , When ,
(b)[3] which is same as the expansion for found in part (a), up to and including the term in .